Protection of People in the Peninsula
"I will both lay down in peace and sleep, for You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety." - Psalm 4:8 (NKJV)
PRAISE:
Last year our team was working with 1 believer and now we are working with 5 new believers! May this only be the beginning of the harvest!
PETITION:
Pray for a new believer whose wife and children have discovered he has become a Christian. It is only a matter of time before the extended family finds out and he could be in serious trouble. Please pray for protection – spiritual, emotional and physical. Pray for wisdom for him. We are asking God to draw his whole family to Himself.
Pray for A, a new believer who is very open about his new belief. Due to his situation this could lead to his imprisonment or worse. Pray for protection and wisdom for him.
Pray for a Ladies Church Group in our area, whose goal is to be a safe place where female Muslim seekers and MBB's can come to observe or particpate in Christian worship. Pray for interested seekers & for a local MBB who will be invited for the first time this week. Pray for wise leadership, and for a gifted worship leader to be part of the group.
Pray for a missionary family who has a great ministry for 10 years in the region. Due to financial struggles of some main supporters in their home country, they are below their target support level. They may need to leave the work in order to raise more support. Please pray God will raise up the needed funds and wisdom in this situation.
Pray for more workers for Oman. Pray that God would lay the country on the hearts of men and women - both to intercede and to come and work here. Pray for open doors into suitable employment in order to secure residency visas.
TESTIMONY:
A tentmaking couple that had been on their field for a number of years and had seen God at work over and over have recently shared this story. Their ministry was going well, and God had given them a number of really dramatic answers to prayer. Muslims were hearing the Gospel, some had received Bibles, literature, videos and cassette tapes. They had led one Muslim man to Christ and discipled another. Now, it seemed as if the Enemy were retaliating against the work God was doing through them.
Their second child, four-year-old Lydia, was having frequent nightmares. The couple decided to make it a habit to say an extra prayer with her every night after she was tucked in bed. They quoted Scriptures and asked the Lord to protect her and give her good dreams. Some nights she got through alright, but many she didn’t. Seeking the solution, they began having Lydia memorize pertinent verses, and teaching her how to pray for herself more specifically. However, their daughter continued waking up terrified three or four times a night. The parents were becoming exhausted as the nightmares continued night after night. They sought God’s wisdom in this matter. One night, the mom told her daughter the next time she has a nightmare to ask Jesus to help her. He has more power than her mom and dad, she should seek His comfort.
When the mom woke the next morning she realized that her child slept through the night without waking the whole house for the first time in weeks. The mom rushed to the child’s room to find her sound asleep in her bed. Later on in the morning the daughter awoke with a smile on her lips and a song in her heart. When asked what happened during the night, the little girl responded that she did as her mom suggested – she asked Jesus to help her. She went on to explain that Jesus came into her room when she had the scary dream. He sat on her bed, patted her on the back and sang a sweet song. The bad dream went away and the girl went back to sleep.
There are no more sleepless nights in their rural home in the desert due to little girls and scary dreams. In fact, their daughter has comforted other children who struggled with bad dreams. She tells them that Jesus will comfort you when you cry out to Him. Praise the Lord for His work in this young girl’s life, for the Biblical truths she has solidly stored in her heart and for the blessings brought to her parents.
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Praying Thru the Arabian Peninsula
www.pray-ap.info
USA #: 800-376-5876 (Eastern Time)
Encouraging & equipping believers & churches everywhere to pray through the heart of the Muslim world so that church planting movements will spread throughout the Arabian Peninsula and beyond for the Lord's glory.
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To learn how you can support this & other work in the Middle East, visit:
http://www.srginc.org
Or write:
ptap@srginc.org
Or:
PTAP
c/o Strategic Resource Group
P.O. Box 1809
Easton, MD 21601
USA
PRAISE:
Last year our team was working with 1 believer and now we are working with 5 new believers! May this only be the beginning of the harvest!
PETITION:
Pray for a new believer whose wife and children have discovered he has become a Christian. It is only a matter of time before the extended family finds out and he could be in serious trouble. Please pray for protection – spiritual, emotional and physical. Pray for wisdom for him. We are asking God to draw his whole family to Himself.
Pray for A, a new believer who is very open about his new belief. Due to his situation this could lead to his imprisonment or worse. Pray for protection and wisdom for him.
Pray for a Ladies Church Group in our area, whose goal is to be a safe place where female Muslim seekers and MBB's can come to observe or particpate in Christian worship. Pray for interested seekers & for a local MBB who will be invited for the first time this week. Pray for wise leadership, and for a gifted worship leader to be part of the group.
Pray for a missionary family who has a great ministry for 10 years in the region. Due to financial struggles of some main supporters in their home country, they are below their target support level. They may need to leave the work in order to raise more support. Please pray God will raise up the needed funds and wisdom in this situation.
Pray for more workers for Oman. Pray that God would lay the country on the hearts of men and women - both to intercede and to come and work here. Pray for open doors into suitable employment in order to secure residency visas.
TESTIMONY:
A tentmaking couple that had been on their field for a number of years and had seen God at work over and over have recently shared this story. Their ministry was going well, and God had given them a number of really dramatic answers to prayer. Muslims were hearing the Gospel, some had received Bibles, literature, videos and cassette tapes. They had led one Muslim man to Christ and discipled another. Now, it seemed as if the Enemy were retaliating against the work God was doing through them.
Their second child, four-year-old Lydia, was having frequent nightmares. The couple decided to make it a habit to say an extra prayer with her every night after she was tucked in bed. They quoted Scriptures and asked the Lord to protect her and give her good dreams. Some nights she got through alright, but many she didn’t. Seeking the solution, they began having Lydia memorize pertinent verses, and teaching her how to pray for herself more specifically. However, their daughter continued waking up terrified three or four times a night. The parents were becoming exhausted as the nightmares continued night after night. They sought God’s wisdom in this matter. One night, the mom told her daughter the next time she has a nightmare to ask Jesus to help her. He has more power than her mom and dad, she should seek His comfort.
When the mom woke the next morning she realized that her child slept through the night without waking the whole house for the first time in weeks. The mom rushed to the child’s room to find her sound asleep in her bed. Later on in the morning the daughter awoke with a smile on her lips and a song in her heart. When asked what happened during the night, the little girl responded that she did as her mom suggested – she asked Jesus to help her. She went on to explain that Jesus came into her room when she had the scary dream. He sat on her bed, patted her on the back and sang a sweet song. The bad dream went away and the girl went back to sleep.
There are no more sleepless nights in their rural home in the desert due to little girls and scary dreams. In fact, their daughter has comforted other children who struggled with bad dreams. She tells them that Jesus will comfort you when you cry out to Him. Praise the Lord for His work in this young girl’s life, for the Biblical truths she has solidly stored in her heart and for the blessings brought to her parents.
<>< <>< <>< <>< <><
Praying Thru the Arabian Peninsula
www.pray-ap.info
USA #: 800-376-5876 (Eastern Time)
Encouraging & equipping believers & churches everywhere to pray through the heart of the Muslim world so that church planting movements will spread throughout the Arabian Peninsula and beyond for the Lord's glory.
====
To learn how you can support this & other work in the Middle East, visit:
http://www.srginc.org
Or write:
ptap@srginc.org
Or:
PTAP
c/o Strategic Resource Group
P.O. Box 1809
Easton, MD 21601
USA
